boys:
666 births since 1897
#3921 (14th percentile)
overall:
666 births since 1897
#7073 (9th percentile)
The name Malachy is the #7,073 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 666 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 8.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,921 (14.4% percentile) for all time with 666 births since 1897.
Malachy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (first recorded for boys in 1897). Birth data for Malachy is available in 51 out of the 127 years between 1897 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Malachy reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #783) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1897, with 41 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Malachy ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 24.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Malachy".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Malachy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.6% confident that Malachy is pronounced as MA-luh-kee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MA-luh-kai, at 17.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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